Frontcannon/swinghouse-mix/Amazing music genre/playlist for improving the mood in a room or person. Powerful stuff this. I can imagine WW3 breaking out and I will be tapping my foot with "Swing, swing, swing, swing..." running through my head.

Selected twitter, youtube, wikipedia and google channels/files/services depending on your interest. Always check if someone has uploaded a video when you get interested in something. Just about any music is available on youtube.

Total War games, in conjunction with other historical media, for learning history. Non free software but great fun, which is useful for history.

This is a current list, see also the sidebars on this blog. Please contact me with any other suggestions, cool links etc. This post is part of a Home ed resources carnival, started by Jax. Check out the other lists.

Fantastic - we all love the freebies! I particularly love that you have included music and I agree that TED is superb. Those talks are SUCH high quality. I missed the deadline but would love you to take a look at the 10 free Home Ed resources I listed on my site today: http://littlegreenblog.com/family-and-food/green-parenting/free-home-education-resources/